SILVER CITY – The National Park Service and the Forest Service’s Gila National Forest are hosting a celebration of the life and achievements of Aldo Leopold on the anniversary of his birthday, Saturday, Jan. 11.
“Join us at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in the heart of America’s first Wilderness to pay homage to the man who made it possible,” the Gila National Forest said.
The event will include activities for kids, readings of Leopold’s most influential essays and informational booths.
The Gila Visitor Center will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Booths offering information and activities will be setup in front of the visitor center, while readings of Leopold’s essay, “Thinking Like a Mountain,” will take place at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the center theater or amphitheater, depending on the weather conditions.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument will also be open at 10 a.m. and be accessible to visitors until 3 p.m.
Leopold was born in 1887 in Burlington, Iowa, and after graduating from the Yale Forest School in 1909, he joined the Forest Service, serving as a forester in Arizona and New Mexico.
“In 1922, he was a key figure in the drafting of a proposal that led to the administrative designation of the Gila Wilderness two years later,” the Gila National Forest said. “The Gila Wilderness is not only the first wilderness area in America but also in the entire world, and this action occurred 40 years before the passing of the Wilderness Act.”
Leopold subsequently moved to Wisconsin to raise his family, carry on his philosophy of conservation and write essays and articles, which led to the publication of “A Sand County Almanac,” described as “a pivotal treatise on conservation.” Leopold died in 1948.
For information on the Gila National Forest, go to www.fs.usda.gov/gila or Facebook at www.facebook.com/GilaNForest/. To plan a trip to the monument, call the visitor center at 575-536-9461 or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/gicl.
2019-12-28 03:55:00Z
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